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An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago
Alex Kotlowitz · Nan A. Talese
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of There Are No Children Here, a richly textured, heartrending portrait of love and death in Chicago's most turbulent neighborhoods.The numbers are staggering: over the past twenty years in Chicago, 14,033 people have been killed and another roughly 60,000 wounded... |
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Gingerbread: A Novel
Helen Oyeyemi · Riverhead Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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The prize-winning, bestselling author of Boy, Snow, Bird and What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours returns with a bewitching and inventive novel.Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic children's stories - equal parts wholesome and uncanny, from the tantalizing witch's... |
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Little Faith
Nickolas Butler · Ecco
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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In this moving new novel from celebrated author Nickolas Butler, a Wisconsin family grapples with the power and limitations of faith when one of their own falls under the influence of a radical church Lyle Hovde is at the onset of his golden years, living a mostly content life in rural... |
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Solitary
Albert Woodfox · Grove Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Solitary is the unforgettable life story of a man who served more than four decades in solitary confinement -- in a 6-foot by 9-foot cell, 23 hours a day, in notorious Angola prison in Louisiana -- all for a crime he did not commit. That Albert Woodfox survived was, in itself, a feat of extraordinary... |
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Lovely War
Julie Berry · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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Read the novel New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network Kate Quinn called "easily one of the best novels I have read all year!" A sweeping, multi-layered romance set in the perilous days of World Wars I and II, where gods hold the fates--and the hearts--of four mortals... |
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The Island of Sea Women: A Novel
LISA SEE · Scribner
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and family secrets on a small Korean island.Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that come from very different backgrounds.... |
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Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter and Organize to Make More Room for Happiness
Gretchen Rubin · Harmony
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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With clarity and humor, bestselling author of The Four Tendencies and The Happiness Project Gretchen Rubin illuminates one of her key realizations about happiness: For most of us, outer order contributes to inner calm. And for most of us, a rigid, one-size-fits-all solution doesn't work.... |
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Daisy Jones & The Six: A Novel
Taylor Jenkins Reid · Ballantine Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup. "Beautifully layered and complex . . . I devoured Daisy Jones & The Six in a day, falling head over heels for it. Daisy... |
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When All Is Said: A Novel
Anne Griffin · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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"An extraordinary novel, a poetic writer, and a story that moved me to tears." -- New York Times John Boyne, bestselling author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas"I'm here to remember-all that I have been and all that I will never be again."If you had to pick five people... |
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Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir
T Kira Madden · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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"Frank and funny and powerful and surprising. An utterly gorgeous debut."-Lauren GroffOne of the most anticipated books of 2019--Electric Literature, Entertainment Weekly, Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, The Millions, Hyphen, Lit Hub, Nylon, The AV Club, The Advocate, The Rumpus, The Week,... |
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